Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-11-02
The Attorney Genera1-There were eel

tain lnlnSS upon IL!
Witness-Ycs.
The Attorney General-What things?
Witness-A decanter of water, tum-
bier and II bottle Of lozenges.
The Attorney General-Was there q
label OIL this bottle?
Witness-Yes, it was labeled ''poison"
! The Attorney General-Were those the
, sleeping lozenges your mistress was in the
habit of taking?
Witncss-Yes.
The Attorney General-What was their
| color?
Witness-White.
The Attorney General-How many OF
the lozcnges were in the bottle?
Witness-I am not sure. Ten or q
dozen should say.
The Attorney Gcneral-Being labeled
| poison, it could not be mistaken that they
were dangerous to life?
Witness-Therc could be no mistake.
| My mistress had told me that if person
took tluec or four of them at once he
would 60 to sleep and never wake again.
The Attorney General-Was it consid-
cred safe to leave such dangerous narcotics
within her reach?
WitneSs-She was. a very prudent
woman. She was fond Of life; she dreaded
the idea of death.
The Attorney General-Were there any
other articles on the table?
Witness-Pen, ink and paper and a
book.
The Attorney General-At what time
did you 60 to bed?
Witness-I can't be quite exact as to
| INIT; o1,o,,t 10 n1n1OnR
The Attorney General-Where was
your bedroom situated?
Witness-On the second floor.
The Attorney General-And your mis-
tress:
Witness-On the first floor.
The Attorney Generally going out of
your bedroom door into the passage and
leaning over the balustrade, could you see
down to the ground floor?
Witncss-Ycs, pretty clearly. 1t was
straight view.
The Attorney Geperal-You went to
bed, you say, at about IL o'clock. Be-
fore you retired had your master returned
home?
Witness-Yes was undressing when
heard the street door open and close.
Then I heard carriage drive away l
stepped out of my room softly and looked
over the balustrade to make sure that it
was my master. At the moment looked
down saw him turning off the gas in the
hall.
The Attorney General-And you saw
nothing more?
WitneSs-NO.
The Attorney General-And heard moth
ing more?
| Witness-Yes, I heard something. l
remained in the passage on the second
floor, bending over the balustrade, and it
seemed to ME to be q very long time be-
| fore my master made any movement. l
should say five or six minutes passed be-
fore heard him, very, very softly, ascend
the stairs to the first floor. Perhaps was
fanciful, through being alone 30 long In
nv own room; but the silence in the house
and then the sound of my master coming
up the stairs much more quietly than was
usual with him made me nervous, don't
know why I fancied all sorts Of things.
The Attorney General-Never mind
your fancies. Did you hear any other
footsteps besides those Of your master?
| Witness-I am not sure. l can't say.
1t never entered my mind that anybody
could be with him, and yet I could not
help fancying things. To speak the truth,
was so upset that I went into my own
room and locked the door. listened with
my ear at the bedroom door, and heard
the handle Of the door of my mistress
room being turned. 1900. ......
The Attorney General-And then?
Witness-I was already partially un-
dressed, and went to bed.
The Attorney General-Did you sleep
soundly?
Witncss-No. I woke up suddenly
with the idea that the street door had
been opened and closed again. 1 lay in
bed frightened, but hearing nothing more
presently fell asleep again.
The Attorney General-There were no
cries, no voices loudly raised?
! Witness-I heard none.
The Attorney General-Did you sleep
soundly after that?
Witness-No. I was doing off and
waking up the whole of the night-a
hundred times, it seemed to me. How l
have reproached myself since that when
saw my master put out the gas in the
hall did not have the courage to 60 down
to him!
The Attorney General-At what time
in the morning did you usually rise?
Witness-At $780, unless my mistress
required me earlier.
The Attorney General-Was that the
hour at which you rose on the morning Of
the 2Gth of March?
Witness-No; I rose much earlier, at
or G:15; can't say exactly to minute,
because did not look at my watch.
The Attorney General-Then, after
dressing, did you 60 down stairs?
Witness-Yes, with candle in my
hand. 1t was dark.
The Attorney General-Any sound in
the house?
Witness-None.
The Attorney General-Did you listen
at your mistress bedroom door?
Witness-I stood there for moment,
but heard nothing.
The Attorney General-After that what
did you do?
Witncss-I went down to the hall.
The Attorney General-To the street
| door?
Witness-Yes.
The Attorney Generation which side
of the hall was the coat rack?
Witness-On the left from the house, on
the right from the street.
The Attorney General-Did you look at
it?
Witness-Yes.
The Attorney General-What did you
observe!
Witness-That my masters ulster was
hanging up in its usual place.
The Attorney General-You are positive
that it was in it's usual place?
Witncss-Ycs.
The Attorney Gcneral-Would you rec
ognize the ulster again? .
Witness-Most certainly; it is coat OF
! very peculiar pattern.
! The Attorney Generals this it,
Ulster produced.)
Witncss-Ies.
The Attorney General-Was the pris-
oncr's hat hanging in its usual place?
Witness-No, it was not there.
The Attorney General-Did you look at
the street door?
Witness-Ycs.
The Attorney General-Did you observe
anything?
Witness-Yes, something surprising.
The Attorney General-What?
| Witncss-That the chain was not up,